Whether it is possible for pregnant women mint?

Peppermint, in addition to its aromatic and palatable qualities, has many medicinal properties. It has a wonderful cold refreshing aroma. It is difficult to find a person who does not like tea with mint or cocktails with her participation. Also, mint leaves are actively used in cooking, supplementing meat and vegetable dishes.

Is it possible to mint during pregnancy?

1. Pregnant you can use mint in the form of tea, infusion, broth, cocktail.
2. Tea made from mint leaves has a soothing effect and helps to sleep when insomnia.
3. Mint during pregnancy helps to get rid of nausea, so it can be used in the fight against toxicosis.
4. Infusion of mint leaves helps with ulcerative colitis, constipation and bloating, as mint is a strong disinfectant.
5. A drink from peppermint leaves during pregnancy is a wonderful heart "medicine" that calms the heartbeat and stimulates the heart muscle.
6. To cope with heartburn will also help mint: you need to drink a weak tea from her leaves and stems or chew a leaf.
7. In the fight against colds and laryngitis, mint, which has antibacterial, analgesic and diaphoretic properties, is simply not replaceable.

Contraindications to the use of mint in pregnancy

As a medicine, mint can harm a pregnant woman. Here the main thing to listen to the gynecologist who observes the future mummy.

Contraindications to taking beverages from mint during pregnancy:

• increased tone of the uterus (mint has a stimulating effect on the muscles of the uterus);
• varicose veins (mint has the property of greatly reducing the tone of the vessels, which is extremely dangerous for varicose veins in pregnant women);
• low blood pressure ("wild" mint has the property to reduce pressure).

Can pregnant women drink tea with mint?

Pregnant you can drink tea with mint, the main thing is not to get involved - 1 cup of weak infusion per day does not hurt. A lot of women during the whole pregnancy drink tea with mint and get pleasure from it. There is no evidence that mint during pregnancy can harm a future mother or fetus.

Many pregnant women carry mint chewing gum or sweets, which they think help to cope with nausea, but you should be careful. The taste of mint, which "rewards" sweets substance - menthol. This chemical substance is an artificial substitute for mint and no useful properties, the products in which it is composed do not possess.